Wear-resisting arm for beetling-machines.



J. HEYWOOD.

WEAR RESISTING ARM FOR BEETLING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED 14n. 23, 1915.

1 209,294. Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

JAMES HEYWOOD, OF SEEDLEY. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

WEAR-RESISTING ABM FOR BEETLING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

Application filed January 28, 1915. Serial No. 3,987.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I J AMES Hsrwooo, subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of Seedlev, Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, ngland, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in or in Connection with Wearesisting Arms for Beetling-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in or in connection with machines for beetling fabrics and has special reference to the faller and tappet mechanism, the object being to provide means .for preventing the wear which occurs in projecting arms on the fallers by which the latter are lifted by the usual warpers or tappets.

My invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of so much of an arm attached to a. faller, as is necessary to illustrate the a plication of my invention thereto, Fig. 5 inverted plan of same and Fig. 3 side elevation of an arm indicating a modification in the arrangement of the device.

This invention is applicable to an beetling machine provided with revolub e tappets, and .vcrtically reci rocating fallers having horizontal arms w \ich project over the tappets, and which are raised one after another by the tappets and allowed to drop on the material. Such machines are described and shown in the English patents to McDowell, No. 24,934, dated Nov. 17, 1904, and to Connor, No. 3,430, dated Oct. 7, 1874.

The arms a on the fallers (not shown) have hitherto been worn considerably by the warpers or tappets revolving against them during the lifting operation and as the projecting arms are made of wood and the warpers of metal the wear is sometimes rather rapid. There is also a tendency to wear the arms hollow so that the tappets do not leave the ends b of such arms freely and consequently additional friction is created between the fallers and their guides. In order to reduce the wear of the arms my invention consists in fitting in their under sides one or more plugs c of vulcanized fiber, or other similar hard material. The plug or plugs may be screwed tightly into a hole (1 formed in the arm so that there will be no tendency for it to drop out though it may be secured in any other suitable manner. On the other hand instead of plugs the under side of the arm may be faced at the part where wear is most likely to occur with a sheet or block of vulcanized fiber e as shown in Fig. 3. The block 6 may be secured in any suitable way.

The arrangement hereinbefore described obviates the defects previously mentioned.

\Vhnt I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters atent is A faller arm for a beetling machine having a screwthreaded hole formed in one end ortion of it and arranged crosswise of its ength, and a screwthreaded plug of wearreslsting material secured in the said hole and operating to reduce the wear on the end portion of the said arm.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

J AMES I-IEYWOOD.

Witnesses:

AMY E. Evms, FREDERICK Fnurolmn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for Mo cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washingtoml) 0." 

